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Book Technical Report

Download or read book Technical Report written by and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Remote Sensing for Resilient Multi hazard Disaster Response

Download or read book Remote Sensing for Resilient Multi hazard Disaster Response written by Beverley J. Adams and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Remote Sensing for Resilient Multi hazard Disaster Response

Download or read book Remote Sensing for Resilient Multi hazard Disaster Response written by J. Arn Womble and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Mechanical Behavior of Multi spherical Sliding Bearings

Download or read book Mechanical Behavior of Multi spherical Sliding Bearings written by Daniel M. Fenz and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Building Inventory Compilation for Disaster Management

Download or read book Building Inventory Compilation for Disaster Management written by and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Performance Assessment of Conventional and Base isolated Nuclear Power Plants for Earthquake and Blast Loadings

Download or read book Performance Assessment of Conventional and Base isolated Nuclear Power Plants for Earthquake and Blast Loadings written by Yin-Nan Huang and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Analytical and Experimental Investigation of a Controlled Rocking Approach for Seismic Protection of Bridge Steel Truss Piers

Download or read book Analytical and Experimental Investigation of a Controlled Rocking Approach for Seismic Protection of Bridge Steel Truss Piers written by Michael Pollino and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Hazard Mitigation Investment Decision Making

Download or read book Hazard Mitigation Investment Decision Making written by Lucy A. Arendt and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book A Simulation Model of Urban Disaster Recovery and Resilience

Download or read book A Simulation Model of Urban Disaster Recovery and Resilience written by Scott B. Miles and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This technical report describes a computer-based model of urban disaster recovery. The model simulates the recovery dynamics of households, businesses, neighborhoods, and the community as a whole following a disaster. The model was applied to the City of Los Angeles for the 1994 Northridge earthquake, using detailed data on the conditions and effects of the earthquake for testing and calibrating purposes. Results indicated favorable performance in certain aspects of the model and identified areas where further refinements are needed. The report concludes with a discussion of potential applications, advances, limitations, and priorities for further research.

Book Modeling of Seismic Wave Scattering for Large Pile Groups and Caissons

Download or read book Modeling of Seismic Wave Scattering for Large Pile Groups and Caissons written by Ignatius Po Lam and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report documents practical modeling procedures adopted in the bridge engineering community involving seismic dsigns and retrofits of long span bridges relative to treatment of wave propagation problems. It also discusses wave scattering issues arising from irregular foundation boundaries affecting seismic loading of the bridges, which is not explicitly considered in th current design practice. Wave scattering is generally implemented in the nuclear power plant industry for seismic designs of various containment systems often using frequency domain computer programs. To examine the subject of wave scattering for application to long span bridge foundations, systematic modeling is exercised using a time domain based computer program and verification is made against a frequency domain computer program. For present day seismic designs of major bridges, nonlinear time history analysis is a common procedure to examine seismic loading of the structure permitting plastic hinging and ductility to be implemented. Thus, the current trend is to adopt time domain based computer programs for performing wave scattering analyses which can also serve as a common platform to be used by both geotechnical and structural engineers for the global bridge model. A major benefit is to minimize the amount of work for data transfer and potential error arising from two different groups (geotechnical and structural engineers) working on different computer codes requiring different input/output. By using the same computer code by both geotechnical and structural engineers, many problems are eliminated. Typically, wave scattering analyses are conducted in the frequency domain. This report presents studies of wave scattering using a time domain computer program. The same computer program can be used by structural engineers to proceed with coding the superstructure model, directly using the results from the wave scatterings analysis. The report presents various sensitivity analyses in order to minimize wave reflection and refraction at the model's side boundaries. Numerical integration schemes and implementation of Rayleigh parameters are discussed. Careful examination of waves traveling the bottom boundary allows proper modeling of the half-space below the region of interest. The studies explore the effects from wave scattering on large pile groups and soft ground conditions, and findings on the frequency ranges where significant scattering is observed are reported. Large caissons are know to affect seismic wave scattering due to the large wave length implied by the dimensions of the foundation embedded in soil. Parametric studies are performed to examine the shaking level that is altered by the wave scattering mechanism. From the current findings, it appears that the wave scattering tends to reduce the shaking level, especially in the high frequency range, and hence is beneficial to the bridge design

Book Structural and Nonstructural Earthquake Design

Download or read book Structural and Nonstructural Earthquake Design written by William J. Petak and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Enhancements to Hospital Resiliency

Download or read book Enhancements to Hospital Resiliency written by Daniel Baldwin Hess and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book System Performance Under Multi hazard Environments

Download or read book System Performance Under Multi hazard Environments written by Cagdas Kafali and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Statistical and Mechanistic Fragility Analysis of Concrete Bridges

Download or read book Statistical and Mechanistic Fragility Analysis of Concrete Bridges written by Masanobu Shinozuka and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: